Psalms 42:2
(42-3) My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: 'When shall I come and appear before God?'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 3:10And Joshua said: 'Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
Psalms 27:4One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the graciousness of the LORD, and to visit early in His temple.
Psalms 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God, my exceeding joy; and praise Thee upon the harp, O God, my God.
Psalms 63:3(63-4) For Thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise Thee.
Psalms 84:4(84-5) Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, they are ever praising Thee. Selah
Psalms 84:10(84-11) For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:2-6
Desiring Communion with God; Mourning for the Loss of Public Ordinances. 1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a… Read the whole commentary →